Anoher noob question about cpu fans!

[xpedient]

i have a gigabyte 3d rocket II...
this night i opened my case and reseated my lan card,
when i restarted my pc, the cpu fan is not running, and I think the culprit is the fan control in the floppy drive, my question is, can I run my pc without the controller?

 

[Evolv]

Is the cpu fan connected to the fan controller? If the fan doesn't spin the cpu will burn up. Unplug the cpu's 3 pin fan connector from the fan controller, and plug it into the motherboard itself.

 

[xpedient]

yes the cpu fan is connected to the fan controller...
and yes the fan doesnt spin...
im sorry but where in the motherboard will I plug the 3pin fan connector... the plug from the fan controller is somewhat different i dont know how to describe it, it has 3 colors,red white, and blue, hope that helps...

and just to add, is my fan fried? because i touched it i dont know if i am grounded, about static something...

 

[Evolv]

There should be a beige or white colored connector, on the motherboard it should be labeled cpu fan with 3 pins sticking out of it. Should be close to the cpu socket.

 

[xpedient]

this is the wire i was talking about, I think you are also describing this one, what will I do with it?

 

[Evolv]

Unplug the fan controller wire from the cpu fan. Then take the cpu fan wire and plug it into the connector I described on your motherboard.

 

[xpedient]

thanks for the quick reply, 1 more thing before i do that, do i have to do something with the bios settings/cmos setup(don't know what's the difference between the two) to coordinate/synchronize with the fan controller "going out?"

 

[Evolv]

No, you don't have to change anything within bios when changing fans or using a fan controller.

 

[xpedient]

ok ive done what you said... i unplugged the cable from the fan controller to the fan (to cancel out the fan controller, right?)

next, i plugged the cable from the cpu fan to the mobo, which is the 3 pin white/beige colored, in which also it is already connected by default...

the result: the fan is still not working...

i went to the cmos setup and it seems by mobo is still fine, so i dont have to worry about my mobo... am i missing something here why my fan is still not working?

 

[Evolv]

Ok then the fan must have died out. If it doesn't spin up when connected to the motherboard then it's the fan. You'll need a new fan or cpu cooler altogether.